This is welcomed. Cyberspace is vital to America’s national security, and to our economy. That’s why I have long called for the State Department to have a high-ranking diplomat who can confront the full range of challenges we face online...

Cyber-attacks and other malicious activity by foreign governments, terrorists and criminals are a serious threat to U.S. national security and economic interests around the globe.

Today, the House of Representatives passed the United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act (H.R. 2646), which increases assistance and defense cooperation with Jordan, a key partner for peace and security in the Middle East and in the fight against ISIS.

Tomorrow at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the committee will convene a hearing entitled “U.S. Cyber Diplomacy in an Era of Growing Threats.”

Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement in support of the administration’s announcement to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan:

Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming committee events:

The ethnic cleansing must stop. The U.S. House has called for action against those responsible and is looking for the administration to follow through.

“Authoritarian regimes and foreign actors are working overtime to impose more control online, including through censorship. These destructive efforts to weaponize the internet undermine America’s foreign policy and security, as well as our economy. As Americans become more and more connected with digital technology, the United States must ensure the internet remains open, reliable and secure. This hearing will explore foreign threats to the internet and the important role diplomacy plays in addressing them."

I look forward to working with the administration, my colleagues in Congress and my fellow Americans to advance solutions that will keep our country safe.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today wrote Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to request that the administration determine whether individuals included in its Report on Oligarchs and Parastatal Entities of the Russian Federation – transmitted to Congress yesterday pursuant to the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act – should be designated for sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act and the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014.